The International Federation of Trade Unions, also known as the Amsterdam International, was founded in 1919. Politically, this organization leaned towards social democracy. Its women's committee initially consisted of five full members, later, in the 1930s, five alternate members were also included. After the first meeting in 1925 in Amsterdam, it met repeatedly until the end of the 1930s. Valerie Novotná from Czechoslovakia was first an alternate and later a full member. Other members represented Germany, Denmark, France, Spain, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Sweden.